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Artist Trading Cards from the Computer

By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com

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Showcase Your Computer Artwork

Digital Artist Trading Card affixed to card stock.

Digital Artist Trading Card affixed to card stock.

ATC & Photo © J. James
The simplest form of digital artist trading card simply involves printing out your designs at ATC size onto whatever type of paper is most suitable. For added durability, glue the printed ATC to some card stock.

It's not necessary to do any additional work to the card, except signing the back -- although you could also print out the backside as well. The back of the card typically contains the name of the artist, contact information (such as an email address), and the title of the artwork. The back can be as simple or as elaborate as you like. Some artists will create a standard template for the back of the card, personalizing each ATC with a title and perhaps the date of creation or the date traded.

The illustrated card is a piece of artwork created entirely on the computer using photographs, photo objects, and graphics software. Originally larger, it's been reduced to ATC size, printed on semi-gloss inkjet photo paper, cut out, then glued to a piece of card stock.

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